The gigantic Yellowstone Grand Canyon, lined with volcanic rock. With all the effects of hydrothermal activity, river erosion ...

The moon may still be geologically active, judging from the way the lunar far side is wrinkling as the moon contracts. At ...

With coastlines along the Mediterranean, the Atlantic, and beyond, Europe is home to some of the world’s most beautiful ...

I recently participated in a three-week-long, National Science Foundation-funded research cruise to the Mariana Trench. Our ...

When this pressure is released, for example as a result of plate movement, magma shoots to the surface causing a volcanic eruption. Above the ground the liquid rock is called lava and as it cools ...

When my family and I moved to Mountain Home back in 2006 after I received orders to serve at the local Air Force base, the one thing that seemed to annoy me involved the naysayers in this community ...

Ro-Hawks and Voks are anything but household names, but high school mascot fans in Texas can tell you they're worthy ...

Fertile soils frequently blanket their slopes thanks to the slow breakdown of ancient volcanic rocks, which releases a host of nutrients vital for healthy crops and vineyards that produce ...

Famed for its interlocking basalt columns, Giant’s Causeway Beach is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Volcanic activity created ...

Carbon farming has emerged as a crucial strategy in the European Union's efforts to combat climate change and achieve climate ...

That’s the channel inside a volcano that opens up to the surface. As it cools it becomes a very hard type of igneous rock. This one first formed over 350 million years ago. Then, millions of ...